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1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : illustrations |
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Introduction / Alannah Tomkins and Steven King -- 'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 / Steve Hindle -- The economy of makeshifts and the role of the poor law: a game of chance? / Margaret Hanly -- 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain / Sarah Lloyd -- Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London / Heather Shore) |
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List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction (Alannah Tomkins and Steven King); 2 'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 (Steve Hindle); 3 The economy of makeshifts and the role of the poor law: a game of chance? (Margaret Hanly); 4 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain (Sarah Lloyd); 5 Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London (Heather Shore) |
| Summary |
This fascinating study investigates the experience of English poverty between 1700 and 1900 and in the ways in which the poor made ends meet. The phrase 'economy of makeshifts' has often been used to summarise the patchy, desperate and sometimes failing s |
| Analysis |
Multi-User |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Poor -- England -- History
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Income -- England -- History
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Social networks -- England -- History
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Charity -- History
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Public welfare -- England -- History
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Humanities.
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History.
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History: specific events and topics.
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Social and cultural history.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Charity
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Income
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Poor
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Public welfare
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Social networks
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Armut
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Armoede.
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Liefdadigheid.
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Welzijnszorg.
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England
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England -- Poorhouses, poor law, etc. -- History.
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
King, Steven, 1966-
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Tomkins, Alannah.
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| ISBN |
1423706382 |
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9781423706380 |
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9781847790668 |
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1847790666 |
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9781526137869 |
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1526137860 |
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